Turpinia indochinensis sp. nov. lt | A 19) 147 
Arbor glabra, circiter 10 m. alta, ramis ramulisque Due bis 
circiter 3 mm. diametro, internodiis 3-7 cm. longis; foliis simplicibus, 
-ellipticis vel obovato-ellipticis, coriaceis, 8-19 cm. longis, 4-10 cm. latis, 
“in sicco olivaceo-brunneis, acuminatis, basi late acutis, margine sub- 
incrassato-serratis, dentibus plusminusve incurvato-apiculatis, nervis 
. primariis utrinque 8-12, manifestis; petiolo 1.5-3 cm. longo; inflore- 
 scentiis paniculatis, terminalibus, pedunculatis, multifloris, usque ad 
- 12 cm. longis; floribus numerosis, in ramulis ultimis plus minusve 
. confertis, 5-6 mm. longis, pedicellis circiter 2 mm. longis, bracteolis 
quam pedicellis paullo brevioribus; sepalis subcoriaceis, ellipticis vel 
obovato-ellipticis, 3-5 mm. longis; petalis submembranaceis, anguste 
oblongo-obovatis vel late oblanceolatis, quam sepalis paullo brevioribus; 
filamentis latis, planis, petalis subaequantibus; ovario glabro, 3-loculari, 
stylis 3, brevibus. 
Inpo-CxiNA, Tonkin, Massif du Tam Dao, Petelot 3881, November, 
1930, alt. about 900 m., a tree 10 m. high with white flowers. 
The striking character of this species is its simple leaves which in 
texture and general appearance approximate those of some forms that 
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, are currently referred to Turpinia pomifera DC. and T.. nepalensis Wall. 
these and their allied species, however, always having pinnate leaves. 
